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24 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
So, we have a little holiday treat from @DeepStateRadio. Some of the liveliest conversations about politics & the world take place in the kitchen. So we thought we would try an experiment-listening to 2 very smart people talk about our crazy times while actually baking together.
The recipe is simple: Take one brilliant comedian known for letting the world know what she thinks, one former food writer for The NY Times & Newsweek who is also a baker and journalism professor, and let them dissect everything from Trump to the Kardashians.
Oh, and let them bake lemon bars despite one of the participants being way too famous to actually know much about baking. The result is the pilot for #TheSecretLifeofCookies featuring the wonderful @kathygriffin & my also great sister @MarissaRothkopf. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/too…
Download, listen, enjoy...and let us know what you think. Hope you enjoy. (And don't worry, we'll still be doing our patented expert conversations @DeepStateRadio as we always do.)

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19 Dec
As others have observed, the ideology of the GOP has become about one thing only: maintaining power. For them that single goal transcends values, historical traditions, decency, ethics & the law. So the important question to ask is "why?"
Power has always been attractive & offered rich benefits to the powerful. But in our system, power is held not by parties or individuals but by the people In a 2-party system the idea was that to reflect the will of the people power might shift back & forth between parties.
But it is clear that the GOP feels they no longer can hold onto power within that system. The electorate is changing. The times are changing. Their ideologies have no place in America's future. So they are turning to illegal means to hold onto power...
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19 Dec
Bigger scandal? The failure of the admin to develop & implement an effective plan for distributing the vaccine? Holding back vaccine supplies from blue states? Continuing failure to have a plan to contain the virus? Failure of Congress to assist those devastated by pandemic?
The president's silence & inaction in the face of this unprecedented disaster largely of his making? Or the president's silence and inaction in the face of what may be the larger cyber attack in US history? His silence--yet again--to criticize or penalize Russia for the attack?
Wait, what about the on-going coup attempt by Trump and his supporters? Might it be the breaking news that Kushner siphoned off campaign funds for distribution to the Trump clan? Or, possibly, will it be the waves of pardons for the undeserving and corrupt Trump will initiate?
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18 Dec
When I think of the suffering & pain caused by Trump, Pence, Kushner and their regime, when I think of those who have died or suffered due to their selfishness & calculated cruelty, I have to admit, I don't feel that charitable about them cutting to the front of the vaccine line.
Yes, it is good to have examples of leaders embracing the vaccine. But when those same "leaders" minimize the threat of the pandemic and refuse to do the bare minimum such as wearing a mask to send a message of decency to their followers, they don't qualify for the assignment.
The display is one of grotesque hypocrisy made worse by them claiming credit for the vaccines (which they are not due--Pfizer were not part of Operation Warp Speed and they have made some terrible management decisions about ordering vaccines and preparing for their distribution).
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17 Dec
Something remarkable is happening in the Biden Administration--a cabinet that really does look like America.

The following is just off the top of my head and is sure to miss some important breakthroughs. Please add and adjust as you see fit.
First woman Vice President: @KamalaHarris
First woman of color Vice President: @KamalaHarris
First Asian-American Vice President: @KamalaHarris
First woman Secretary of the Treasury: @JanetYellen
First person of color Secretary of Defense: Lloyd Austin
First Native American cabinet secretary: @RepDebHaaland
First woman to lead US intelligence community: Avril Haines
First Out LGBTQ cabinet secretary: @PeteButtigieg
Youngest national security advisor in almost 50 years: @JakeJSullivan
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16 Dec
As a former senior Commerce official, may I suggest that the issue is not with the party affiliation of the Secretary, it is with the conception of the role of the Commerce Department. Typically, it is viewed as an advocacy organization for big business.
In the current situation, the economic elements of the department should be focused on economic recovery and new growth...and on all the stakeholders who benefit from that recovery and growth. That means workers, first and foremost.
Big business does not need an advocacy arm in the US government. (Nor should the White House view the department as it often does as a place for the care and feeding of big donors.)
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12 Dec
The president, wallowing in self-pity & delusion, has this morning spewed lies, sought again to undermine our democracy, and accused his opponents of treason. And it is deeply disturbing & dangerous. But there is also something great in that in our system, he is allowed to do so.
There is something great that he has the highest pulpit and the biggest megaphone, that he is cloaked in the power of his office, but that a higher power has spoken: the people. And try as he and his seditious mob might, they can't undo that.
Our system has so far proved strong enough to endure his abuses and resilient enough to rebuff his efforts to undo it. He has done damage to be sure. We must reassess how we got here and erect new guardrails to ensure it does not happen again.
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